Malatya, which has served as an important meeting point on the historical Silk Road for centuries, is a significant center not only for Türkiye but also for international trade, thanks to its deep-rooted history, cultural richness, geographical location, high trade potential, and entrepreneurial spirit.

With its productive, resilient, and entrepreneurial structure, Malatya rose from the ashes in the first century of the Republic and managed to become one of Turkey's leading cities in industry, agriculture, trade, and exports.

Our Malatya, blending the strength and experience it has gained from its past with its productivity, determination, and courage, has begun to write brand new success stories.
In line with these goals, we need to define our course much more strongly. We have a very important potential in agriculture, industry, trade, exports, and employment; we need to make this sustainable and take it to the desired levels, taking into account the changing realities of the world.

As a country, in order to successfully assume the role of a global game-changer in the new world order, we need a new entrepreneurial climate, culture, and spirit. We are now living in an era where not only physical labor but also intelligence is coming to the forefront.

This new era, called the age of the knowledge economy, necessitates the convergence of economic activities with technology and innovation.

Innovation, high technology, and a knowledge-based economy now form the fundamental key to economic growth processes.

In light of these arguments that will provide resources for our economic growth, we need to embrace production and exports more wholeheartedly than ever before. In short, the world is no longer the world of those who produce a lot, but of those who produce intelligently, and on this path, we need to work diligently in every field, from our agricultural strength to our industrial production.

Ramazan ÖZCAN
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Exchange